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there are varying polls on virginia. virginia is looking strong for president obama but it's all over the map. president obama certainly has more paths to victory than mitt romney. he has to win florida and ohio and pick up nevada, colorado, iowa, new hampshire, wisconsin's in play. polls a snapshot of where we are now. you're right, it was before all of this tumult in the middle east began again. to the extent they represent a trend line tells us something. ohio is the only one of the three you mentioned that i think republicans are beginning to think is light blue and may be gone. >> maria, the advantage that the republicans and romney have, they're probably going to have a lot more money given the super pac contributions that they've amassed over these final weeks. how significant is that in ohio, in florida, in virginia and some of these other battleground states? >> it could potentially be very significant, wolf. while i'll say that i feel really good about where president obama is right now, there's still a long ti
there are varying polls on virginia. virginia is looking strong for president obama but it's all over the map. president obama certainly has more paths to victory than mitt romney. he has to win florida and ohio and pick up nevada, colorado, iowa, new hampshire, wisconsin's in play. polls a snapshot of where we are now. you're right, it was before all of this tumult in the middle east began again. to the extent they represent a trend line tells us something. ohio is the only one of the three...
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virginia, 49% for obama. 44% for romney. that's florida. but same in virginia. 49/44. three battleground states. romney needs these three states if he's going to be elected. how worried are you right now that he's just not doing well? >> well, i think if you believe the polls, you would be worried, and certainly we have work to do. we've got a long way to go. but i think the lesson here, if you get the policy right, the politics will follow. let me give you an example. when barack obama decided that we were going to go in and help the french and nato to do something about libya the saying goes, if you break it, you own it. and i was talking to some folks today inside the state department and they told me that the security firm, it's called academy, the formally known firm of blackwater. academy was actually set to go in and provide security for the ambassador in libya. they have been waiting. they've done some preliminary evaluations, but for two months, they have been waiting while the state department decides to get the paperwork right. so we really got to look i thi
virginia, 49% for obama. 44% for romney. that's florida. but same in virginia. 49/44. three battleground states. romney needs these three states if he's going to be elected. how worried are you right now that he's just not doing well? >> well, i think if you believe the polls, you would be worried, and certainly we have work to do. we've got a long way to go. but i think the lesson here, if you get the policy right, the politics will follow. let me give you an example. when barack obama...
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barack obama won virginia by 7 and i won by 18 the next year. the independent voters make up their mind of ten times near the end. mitt romney has to continue to focus what he started this campaign about six months ago that we can do a lot better. the president has tried, his policies have failed. you can't have gas prices doubling and all of this high level of people on food stamps and call that a success for the middle class. he has to make it clear why the presidency is going to make it for the middle class. and i think the debates are going to be more important. i think we are going to have financial parody down the road. we got crushed on spending and i think we have a descent chance to win. it is margin of error and things can change. >> i think the independent voter haven't made up your mind yet. >> it is a long way to go yet and mitt romney will have the fire power if he can stop committing gaffes. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> and here to argue the other side is top democrat. the former governor of michigan and current host of "
barack obama won virginia by 7 and i won by 18 the next year. the independent voters make up their mind of ten times near the end. mitt romney has to continue to focus what he started this campaign about six months ago that we can do a lot better. the president has tried, his policies have failed. you can't have gas prices doubling and all of this high level of people on food stamps and call that a success for the middle class. he has to make it clear why the presidency is going to make it for...
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i can tell you that the independent voters in virginia just want results. they don't don't care about the party politics, but they want to know who has the best ideas of military and spending and i think that mitt romney will make a case in the end, but in the close vote i think that romney wins in the end of the day in virginia. >> my, what optimism. the last two weeks have been a di s disaster as far as the republicans have been concerned. >> well, we have had better weeks. >> you have to be twitchy that if this carries on, barack obama won't win in a close race, but a comfortable margin if it carries on so this campaign has to regroup and refocus and do something sharpish doesn't it? >> well, i'm not nearly that pessimistic at all. obama won virginia by seven and i won by 18 the next year so that the independent voters really make up their mind oftentimes right near the end. i don't think that the more mitt romney, and i think that i agree with you on this that mitt romney has to continue to focus on what he started the campaign with six months ago in ea
i can tell you that the independent voters in virginia just want results. they don't don't care about the party politics, but they want to know who has the best ideas of military and spending and i think that mitt romney will make a case in the end, but in the close vote i think that romney wins in the end of the day in virginia. >> my, what optimism. the last two weeks have been a di s disaster as far as the republicans have been concerned. >> well, we have had better weeks....
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when all the fighting is done, the sound bytes are over, that's how people in virginia and ohio and flida and the swing states are going to decide it. >> i was in tampa and in charlotte for both conventions. the republicans left tampa on a high note. democrats certainly left charlotte on a high note. last friday's jobs figures dampened that mood a bit. the president, former president clinton's speech was powerful. he used a key word, as you know, arithmetic. what did you think of his presentation, bill clinton? >> i thought if bill clinton were running, he would win by ten points against anybody. he's not running. honestly, he's trying to argue as a defense lawyer for somebody else's record that's very different than his. and i don't think it works. i think bill clinton's rhetoric was fabulous. i think the president and joe biden gave great speeches, then you wake up the next morning with 8% unemployment, and there's been an increase in permanent unemployment. 300,000 people stopped looking for work in august. that is staggering. we haven't seen things like this since the depression and i
when all the fighting is done, the sound bytes are over, that's how people in virginia and ohio and flida and the swing states are going to decide it. >> i was in tampa and in charlotte for both conventions. the republicans left tampa on a high note. democrats certainly left charlotte on a high note. last friday's jobs figures dampened that mood a bit. the president, former president clinton's speech was powerful. he used a key word, as you know, arithmetic. what did you think of his...
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battleground states and you look at a number of polls showing barack obama has a fairly solid lead in virginia, fairly solid lead in ohio, he wins one of those states, he's got a very clear path to 270. he wins two, it's almost impossible to see how mitt romney can get the 270 electoral votes he needs. >> did the republicans choose the right candidate? the reason i ask, if you look at all the weapons to attack barack obama with, there are lots of them. 8.2% unemployment, $16 trillion debt, gas prices doubled in his tenure and so on. there are lots of ways you can really go for this president, but he doesn't seem to be doing that successfully. would a more charismatic nominee, a clinton-esque character, one who could make a speech like your man did at the democratic convention, if they had somebody like that, would they be doing better in the polls? >> if you look back at that primary field we were dealing with a year ago, there's no question with the exception perhaps of rick perry, who ended up imploding for other reasons, i don't think there was anybody else on that stage who could have gott
battleground states and you look at a number of polls showing barack obama has a fairly solid lead in virginia, fairly solid lead in ohio, he wins one of those states, he's got a very clear path to 270. he wins two, it's almost impossible to see how mitt romney can get the 270 electoral votes he needs. >> did the republicans choose the right candidate? the reason i ask, if you look at all the weapons to attack barack obama with, there are lots of them. 8.2% unemployment, $16 trillion...